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Robert Vitalis - White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations - 9780801453977 - V9780801453977
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White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations

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Description for White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.

Racism and imperialism are the twin forces that propelled the course of the United States in the world in the early twentieth century and in turn affected the way that diplomatic history and international relations were taught and understood in the American academy. Evolutionary theory, social Darwinism, and racial anthropology had been dominant doctrines in international relations from its beginnings; racist attitudes informed research priorities and were embedded in newly formed professional organizations. In White World Order, Black Power Politics, Robert Vitalis recovers the arguments, texts, and institution building of an extraordinary group of professors at Howard University, including Alain ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
The United States in the World
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453977
SKU
V9780801453977
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
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About Robert Vitalis
Robert Vitalis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of America’s Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier and When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt and coeditor of Counter-Narratives: History, Society and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Reviews for White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations
Defying his discipline's preference for theory over history, Vitalis has demonstrated how detailed, archive-based historical accounts can lift the veil on the racism running through international relations as field and practice.
Carol Polsgrove
American Historical Review
Robert Vitalis wants his discipline to understand not only how central the category of race and the structures of racism were ... Read more

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